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Baal Shamin in Nisibis (1)

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Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
Conversion of Syria/Mesopotamia to Christianity
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.01 Conversion of Syria/Mesopotamia to Christianity
Harran
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12.03.02.01 Harran
Processions of divine images
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.03 Service of god
03.03.09 Processions of divine images

Keywords
Baal
Nisibis

Period
5th century CE
Byzantine Empire

Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.15-16:
Baal Shamin, the head of the gods, whose sacrifices have disappeared from Harran, is openly taken around in procession in Nisibis, amidst drums and horns.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.15-16

Bibliography

Brock 1984, IV 108

Brock, Sebastian. Syriac Perspectives on Late Antiquity. London: Variorum s 1984.

Amar Annus

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